The eruption from the Minamidake crater sent ash plumes soaring up to 3,400 meters into the sky, blanketing large parts of ...

This situation is heating up. One of the world’s most volatile volcanoes is silently refilling with molten rock, sparking ...

Volcanic eruptions are notoriously hard to predict in advance, but after 10 years of research, one team thinks they have the ...

Far beneath the ocean near Japan, scientists have discovered that the magma system linked to the most powerful eruption of the Holocene is slowly rebuilding. By using seismic imaging, researchers ...

The Ontong Java Plateau (OJP), located in the Pacific Ocean, formed around 110 to 120 million years ago through massive submarine volcanic eruptions. This event is considered the most extensive ...

It started as a go-for-broke experiment, but it wound up saving an ecosystem.

One of the most deadly and dangerous volcano hazards isn’t lava. Mudflows called lahars can come without clear warning. In June 2024, early career geologist Gustavo Béjar López traveled to Guatemala ...

Stunning social media videos erupted from the northern coast of Colombia on Feb. 25, when a mud volcano exploded, shooting flames high into the sky and prompting evacuations, local officials reported.

What is a super eruption and how did they create the geology of Yellowstone? Where is the world's largest, most explosive, and most unusual volcano? It's Yellowstone National Park. The Yellowstone ...

A colossal “cosmic volcano” has erupted in deep space, as a supermassive black hole in galaxy J1007+3540 roars back to life after nearly 100 million years of silence. Astronomers captured stunning ...

It’s winter, and the SciFri team is already dreaming of warmer weather. How about a mind vacation to one of the hottest places on earth, an erupting volcano? Tamsin Mather has trekked to volcanoes in ...

A hidden carbon film from ordinary air may be the key to volcanic lightning, explaining how identical ash particles build ...